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Lunar Eclipse from Hawaii, Roland Christen

Lunar Eclipse from Hawaii

Lunar Eclipse from Hawaii, Roland Christen

Lunar Eclipse from Hawaii

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Description

Lunar eclipse series from Hawaii Island. 

Scope: 92mm AP Stowaway refractor on an unguided Televue Gibraltar mount
Camera: Sony NEX7
Exposure: 1/2000 at first contact, to 2 seconds at mid eclipse

This was a very dark eclipse, so dark that it took 2 seconds to capture the fully eclipsed Moon.
A brightness variation of 4000:1 from illuminated to fully eclipsed Moon.
At mid eclipse the Milky Way stood out prominently.

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Lunar Eclipse from Hawaii, Roland Christen